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WWCN13 CWTO 160937
FREEZING RAIN WARNING
FOR FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:37 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025.
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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
FORT SEVERN.
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==DISCUSSION==
ICE BUILD-UP DUE TO FREEZING RAIN TODAY.
WHAT:
LONG DURATION FREEZING RAIN.
2 TO 5 MM OF ICE ACCRETION.
WHEN:
BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING AND ENDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN LASTING INTO THIS
EVENING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR ICE PELLETS
EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT,
THE LONG DURATION OF THE FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT ICE ACCRETION OF
UP TO 5 MM IS POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN COULD AT TIMES BE MIXED WITH
ICE PELLETS, ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH COULD AFFECT THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD-UP. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO
ICE PELLETS OR SNOW THIS EVENING,
SURFACES SUCH AS WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS WILL BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY
AND HAZARDOUS.
BEWARE OF ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT COULD BREAK UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ICE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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